Arrival of the wet-leased 140 seater aircraft IL-62M in Bombay. The aircraft has 8 First Class, 30 Business Class and 102 Economy Class seats.

7 August 1987

Agreement for the purchase of two Boeing 747-300 Combi (passenger and cargo ) aircraft signed in Bombay. Mr. C.L.Sharma, Dy. Managing Director, signed on behalf of Air India and Mr. D.D.Jennings, Regional Director Aircraft Contracts, on behalf of the Boeing
Company. The total project cost is Rs. 371.74 crores including a foreign exchange content of US$ 274.200 million (Rs. 356.46 crores).

23 May 1987

Arrival of the Boeing 747-200 VT-ENQ from Singapore. Aircraft purchased from Singapore Airlines.